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Sprint now offering $100 trade-in credit for iPhones from competing carriers

It never hurts to offer an incentive. In an effort to drum up subscribership and advertise its unlimited data plan for the iPhone 4S, Sprint revealed on Friday that it will begin offering a US$100 credit to any customer who trades in an iPhone from another carrier. Per AppleInsider, the carrier said that it would […]

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Verizon to end unlimited data plans in migration to 4G LTE, move towards shared data plans

You might not like this. Per Fierce Wireless, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo announced on Wednesday that the company will discontinue existing unlimited data plans when users move to the carrier’s faster 4G LTE network, pushing current 3G subscribers toward data share plans expected to launch later this summer. At the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Technology, […]

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Walmart offers discounted prices on iPhone 4, 4S units with AT&T contract

If you were headed to Walmart anyway… Per The Mac Observer, Walmart reduced the prices for the AT&T version of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on Friday, leading to speculation that new versions of Appleā€™s combination iPod and smartphone are coming this spring. The 8GB iPhone 4 was reduced from US$88 to US$34 with […]

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U.S. government to work with wireless carriers to create national stolen phone database

This could be perceived as sort of “Big Brother”-ish, but also pretty helpful. Per the Wall Street Journal, four of the largest wireless carriers in the US are working with the US government to create a national stolen phone database. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will develop their own databases and then merge them […]

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AT&T using iTunes, telephone-based assistance for iPhone unlock process

Following up on Friday’s story, wireless carrier AT&T began allowing out-of-contract customers to unlock their iPhone for use on other carriers yesterday, and the unlock codes are applied to the device after restoring through iTunes. Per AppleInsider, customers who were among the first to take advantage told the web site that after dialing 611 to […]